When my seven-year-old son came home from school excited about a secret lunch note signed “Love you, Mom,” I panicked because I hadn’t written it and immediately asked the school to check its security cameras. The footage revealed that a fifth-grade boy named Deshawn had secretly been placing encouraging notes in the lunchboxes of twelve different children, including my son, who often sat alone. After learning that Deshawn’s mother had passed away the previous year and that he missed the loving notes she used to pack in his lunch, I understood why he wanted other children to experience that same love. When the school considered punishing him for tampering with lunchboxes, I stood up for him until they agreed to make him the official “Lunch Note Ambassador.” Now, my son has a friend, Deshawn no longer feels alone, and one grieving little boy has turned his mother’s memory into kindness that brightens the lives of others.READ MORE BELOW